Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 78 (111th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 2010
Recognizes the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Delta Regional Authority. Honors the Authority's first decade of work to improve the economy and well-being of the eight-state Delta region (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee) and the promise of its continued work in the future.
Bill· SS. 4023 (111th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2010
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive review on the implementation of such repeal, and the President, Secretary, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) certify to the congressional defense committees that they have considered the report and proposed plan of action, that DOD has prepared the necessary policies and regulations to exercise the discretion provided by such repeal, and that implementation of such policies and regulations is consistent with the standards of military readiness and effectiveness, unit cohesion, and military recruiting and retention. Provides that, until such time as the above conditions are met, the current policy shall remain in effect.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 76 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2010
Recognizes the commitment and ever-increasing sacrifices military families make every day during the current era of protracted conflict. Honors the families of the Armed Forces and thanks them for their dedication and service to the United States. Encourages the citizens of the United States to recognize, commemorate, and honor the role and contribution of the military family.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 670 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2010
Designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as National Veterans History Project Week. Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communities according to guidelines provided by the Veterans History Project. Encourages national, state, and local organizations along with federal, state, city and county governmental institutions to participate in support of the effort to document, preserve, and honor the service of U.S. veterans.
Bill· SS. 3875 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2010
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act - Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled. Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit solely by reason of such recognition.
Bill· SS. 3915 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2010
Medicare Rural Physician Recruitment and Retention Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the current update to the single conversion factor in the formula for the Medicare physician fee schedule through December 31, 2010; and (2) add an update for 2011 and subsequent years. Repeals the January 1, 2001, termination of the increase in the work geographic index to 1.00 for certain localities. Declares, however, that for services furnished on or after January 1, 2011, such 1.00 index shall not be applied in a budget neutral manner. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal its revisions to requirements for calculation of the practice expense portion of the geographic adjustment factor applied in a fee schedule area for services furnished in 2010 or 2011. Repeals also the requirement that the Secretary analyze current methods of establishing practice expense geographic adjustments and make appropriate further adjustments (a new methodology) to such adjustments for 2010 and subsequent years. Amends PPACA to repeal the practice expense index for services furnished in frontier states. Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) to repeal certain modifications in the employee wage and rent portions of the practice expense geographic index adjustment for 2010 and subsequent years. (Such modifications require that such portions reflect 1/2 (instead of 3/4) of the difference between the relative costs of employee wages and rents in each of the different fee schedule areas and the national average of such employee wages and rents.) Restores as though never amended corresponding previous provisions of law revised by PPACA and HCERA. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the practice expense geographic index for services furnished on or after January 1, 2010, to 1.0 for certain localities. Declares that, as with the work geographic index, such increase shall not be applied in a budget neutral manner. Revises requirements for determination of full-time-equivalent (FTE) residents in an approved medical residency training program for purposes of payments for direct graduate medical education (GME) costs. Directs the Secretary to increase the limit on residents for each qualifying hospital that applies for additional residency positions. Requires an overall 15% increase in the aggregate number of FTE residency positions in approved medical residency training programs. Requires the Secretary to give preference to hospitals located in states in the lowest quartile of active physician-to-population ratio (generally, rural areas).
Bill· SS. 3850 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2010
Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act to exclude any article the sale of which is subject to, or eligible to be subject to, the tax on pistols, revolvers, firearms, shells, cartridges, sport fishing equipment, specified bows and arrows, and any separate component of such an article or any substance that is manufactured, processed, or distributed in commerce for use in any such article or component.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 648 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2010
Designates the week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as National Veterans History Project Week. Recognizes National Veterans Awareness Week. Calls on the people of the United States to interview at least one veteran in their families or communities according to guidelines provided by the Veterans History Project. Encourages local, state, and national organizations along with federal, state, city, and county governmental institutions to participate in support of the effort to document, preserve, and honor the service of U.S. veterans.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 651 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2010
Recognizes the 20th anniversary of the designation of the month of September of 1991 as National Rice Month.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 647 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2010
Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child should have a permanent and loving family. Encourages the people of the United States to consider adoption during the month of November and all throughout the year.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 644 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2010
Designates the week beginning on October 10, 2010, as National Wildlife Refuge Week. Supports the goals and ideals of National Wildlife Refuge Week. Reaffirms the support of the Senate for wildlife conservation and the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Bill· SS. 3838 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 2010
Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out the Settlement Agreement (dated February 18, 2010, between plaintiffs and the Secretary to resolve claims that were raised or that could have been raised in the cases consolidated in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation , including Pigford claims) if the Agreement is approved by a court order that is or becomes final and nonappealable. States that: (1) such funds are in addition to certain Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds and shall be available only after the CCC funds are fully obligated; and (2) if the Agreement is not approved the CCC funds shall be the sole funding for Pigford claims. Permits an eligible complaint alleging discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act involving a USDA credit program to file a civil action or request administrative review as provided for by this Act.
Bill· SS. 3819 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 2010
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 100 miles to 50 miles the distance from home threshold for allowing members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to claim a tax deduction for their expenses paid or incurred in connection with their military service.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 631 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2010
Designates the week beginning on November 8, 2010, as National School Psychology Week. Recognizes the contributions of school psychologists to the success of students in schools across this country.
Bill· SS. 3811 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2010
Military Family-Friendly Employer Award Act - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) an annual award to be known as the Military Family-Friendly Employer Award (Award) for non-federal employers that have developed and implemented workplace flexibility policies and practices: (1) to assist the working spouses and caregivers of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed away from home, and to assist such members upon their return from deployment; and (2) that reflect a deep awareness and commitment in response to the needs of the military family unit. Establishes in DOD a Military Family-Friendly Special Task Force to provide specified assistance in the making of such Awards.
Bill· SS. 3803 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2010
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP); (2) allow a tax deduction for interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities; and (3) transfer liability for payment of estate tax on transfers of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP from the estate executor to the ESOP. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 627 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 2010
Designates September 16, 2010, as The American Legion Day.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 620 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2010
Designates September 12, 2010, as National Day of Encouragement.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 618 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2010
Designates October 2010 as National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of work schedules that allow employees to spend time with their families to job productivity and to healthy families. Urges public officials, employers, employees, and the general public to work together to achieve more balance between work and family.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 617 (111th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 2010
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Theodore "Ted" Fulton Stevens, former member of the U.S. Senate from Alaska. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on August 12, 2010, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Senator Stevens.
Bill· SS. 3719 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 2010
Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make a grant to an eligible first responder agency for the additional costs incurred as a direct result of one or more of its employees who are reservists being placed on active duty. Defines "eligible first responder agency" as one for which the cost of operating has increased by not less than 5% as a direct result of such employees being placed on active duty. Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant for costs relating to an employee being placed on active duty if federal funds are used for that employee's pay or benefits. Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) pay or benefits for an individual hired to replace such an employee; (2) overtime expenses for an individual who performs tasks that would have been performed by such an employee; and (3) the cost of equipment, maintenance, or other activities the agency was unable to acquire or perform because of the cost of replacing such an employee or the need for which was caused by an employee being placed on active duty. Limits the grant period to six months.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 607 (111th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 2010
Recognizes October 2010 as National Principals Month. Honors the contribution of school principals in our elementary and secondary schools.
Bill· SS. 3735 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 2010
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed that is in accordance with the Plant Protection Act; or (3) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity conducted in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.
Bill· SS. 3745 (111th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 2010
Rural Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide that if the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) applies a median income requirement to communities for determining community facilities programs and water, waste disposal, and wastewater program eligibility in a state where the state nonmetropolitan median income is at least 90% of the national average nonmetropolitan median income, the Secretary shall use an amount equal to 95% of the national average nonmetropolitan median income in applying the median income requirement for any community in such state. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2012.
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